The Vatican

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

The Vatican

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:11pm

So, I'm just returning from a trip to Rome where I spent a day in Vatican City. I was already disgusted by the Catholic religion and after strolling the halls, chambers and galleries of The Vatican I'm even MORE disgusted.

I mean seriously, do they really need that much gold, silver, art and gem encrusted ornaments? How about SELLING some of it and helping out a poor country or charities in need. What good are all these artifacts to just hang on walls and sit on tables. How incredibly vein to keep such heirlooms and riches when so many are in need.

It was truly disgusting.

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:14pm

Because they need to show God they love him?

I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:26pm

What, sell valuables they stole fair and square from the Orthodox Church?

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:33pm

Maybe that's how God will love them. But first they need to get them some more holy land. Then it will be all okay.

I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 10:16am

I've been to the Vatican and I thought it was gorgeous. I'm no great lover of Catholicism, trust me, but suggesting that the Vatican should sell it's artifacts is akin to suggesting that Britain sell the crown jewels.

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 11:20am

Quick, somebody tell Martin Luther!

Or better yet, Geraldo.

Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be.

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 11:24am

I think all that gold is very good for them. I mean how else could have ever come up with that brilliant and necessary 10 commandments of driving thing. All that gold helps to focus on the true problems of the world, you know like speeding.

....but the world goes 'round

re: The Vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 11:58am

Sylar,

I thought the same thing.

I mean, the place is nice to look at, but who would want to dust all that crap?

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:01pm

you fools! even now crazed albino monks are whipping themselves into a religious frenzy while computer hacking altar boyz discover your identities so that they can sic their killers upon you. run! ruuuuuuuuuuunnnn!!!

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

#10

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:04pm

Don't tell me you have a Tom Hanks Mullet?

#11

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:08pm

nah, i just got shorn yesterday in hopes of looking a bit more corporate for any job interviews i might happen to get.

#12

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:12pm

Sylar, did you ever think the price of your ticket (I assume you went to the museum) could feed probably a family of four in certain countries for a week? So maybe you should thought about doing other things with your money?

Maybe you just should not have gone.

I am not a fan of Catholicism (sp?) but I appreciate all of the great art, and would rather have it all in one location for people to see than in the hands of private collectors and never seen publically again..

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

Updated On: 6/20/07 at 01:12 PM

#13

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 8:38pm

Elphaba- did you ever stop to think that some people can get into things free?

You think I'd actually give MORE wealth to the Catholic religion?

Updated On: 6/20/07 at 08:38 PM

#14

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 8:47pm

Catholcism.

First of all, I dislike the 'cult' description.

Second of all, although I know my religion is nothing to be proud of, if it weren't for the church, that art wouldn't exist at all! Sure, they took money and tithes left right and centre, but they facilitated the creation of Michelangelo, Raphael, Da Vinci and various other artists' greatest masterpieces.

And in the long run I think it makes more sense for them to keep the art and charge in to see it than to sell it. The money goes into missions, etc. They don't pay priests or other officers of the church, and they don't really commission art much any more.

Thirdly, I have been, and I enjoyed the trip a lot. In fact the only thing I disliked (memorably) was an annoying American tour guide who spoke really loudly in the sistine chapel, pointing to the ceiling and describing 'MeechelAinjello' up there on scaffolding, painting all day.

The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

#15

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 8:52pm

One of the stupidest things I have ever read. Unless you are a truly selfless individual, that has no luxuries, your complaints are completely asinine. How much does your car cost? Ah, well you could have gotten one for much less and gave that money to charity. Shame on you, tsk tsk.

#16

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 9:12pm

a car and obscene amounts of gold and finery are not the same thing.

....but the world goes 'round

#17

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 9:16pm

I would truly like to know how someone who is not a member of the Church, an Italian official or national without friends in high places, or someone not an official otherwise gets in to the Vatican Museum free...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#18

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 9:25pm

There is always our friend the internet that allows us to get a peek at the museums and a fraction of the holdings they have

No one but their officials know the real extent of their collection...

The Vatican Museum

She grew up tall - she grew up right.

#19

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 9:28pm

If you knew anything about me, cruel2bekind, like some people on this thread do, you'd know that I don't own a car. Because I'm not old enough to drive. MY SCHOOL paid my admission, because we were on a trip with them.

Please don't make presumtions about me when you haven't got the slightest clue who I am.

#20

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 10:03pm

I wasn't talking about you VMlinnie, that was a reply to the original poster.

#21

the vatican

Posted: 6/20/07 at 10:06pm

I would like to know that, too, Elphaba. I have visited the Vatican, and it costs a good deal of money.

← Back to Message Board

View all Videos

Tickets From $59

Tickets From $95

Tickets From $73